Opinion

When the Ship is Sinking, Get Everybody In the Lifeboat Dear Mary: My wife and I made a terrible mistake and bought a house that I don’t think we can afford. We dumped all of our money from the sale of our last home into it and now we have run out of money. It is not even close to being done. My wife is a stayat- home mother of three and I work full time. I bring home about $5,500 per month with a house payment of $2,230. We have a $442 car payment and credit card minimum payments of about $250. My wife has student loans of around $26,000 with payments of $293 per month.

Today is the 89th day of 2023 and the 11th day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1855, “Border Ruffians” from Missouri invaded Kansas during the territory’s election, forcing the election of a pro-slavery legislature.

Dear Annie: I am a waitress, and there is a lady I work with who is six months pregnant. Every time she takes a break, she goes in the back and smokes cigarettes and sometimes she smokes weed.

What does it take to avert the end of the world? For most of human history this has been a question for religion. And the answer has usually been that human beings must repent of their sins.

Generation Z is not the first cohort to face recessions, burdensome debt and a tough time finding a good job. Every generation has gone through this and some much more. The Greatest Generation entered the workforce still bearing the anguish of World War II.

Today is the 88th day of 2023 and the 10th day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1867, the Dominion of Canada was established.

Dear Annie: I have a family estrangement issue. It all started when a 44-year-old woman contacted my older brother on a DNA site. I immediately wrote her and acknowledged paternity and expressed a strong desire to establish a long-term relationship. She seems to be a very nice person.

I waited 14 weeks on the library waiting list to listen to the audiobook version of Matthew Perry’s much-anticipated memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.” The first thing I loved about the book was learning that Chandler Bing and Perry have a lot of personality similarities. Chandler Bing has always been my favorite “Friend.” And truth be told, while he was crushing on Jen, I was crushing on him. I love a man who can make me laugh.

Everyone who normally or occasionally votes Republican knows that any candidate the GOP chooses as the 2024 nominee for president is going to be treated by the media as either an extremist or as beholden to extremists.

When Less Is Best The dishwasher was crammed full of dirty dishes, company would be arriving shortly and (wouldn’t you know it) I had only enough detergent to fill one of the two dispensers in my dishwasher. I decided to use what I had and hope for the best.